Our Services
Let Chocolate Squirrel help you turn your chocolate-covered dreams into a reality. With decades of experience in the chocolate world, from tasting and judging to importing and selling, we’d love to share our knowledge to help you bring the best chocolate to the world.
Whether you’re looking for an expert taster to help craft flavors that will sell in a specific market, a packaging guru who can tell you what resonates with customers, or a chocolate-collection designer who can put together a selection for your shop, we have the knowledge and experience you need!
Chocolate Tasting & Coaching
Book a 1-hour consultation to review tasting notes for up to 5 bars.
You’ll receive feedback on flavor and texture, recommendations for enhancing the recipes, and notes on marketability of your recipe.
Bars and chocolates for review to be received at least one week advance.
Please note that all samples must be gluten-free and peanut-free.
Pricing: $XXX
Packaging & Branding Consultation
Book a 1-hour consultation to review packaging for bars, confections, and other chocolate products.
You’ll also receive feedback on the marketability of your products based on the package styling, fonts, colors, and information displayed.
Products for review to be received at least one week advance. We are also able to work from PDFs.
Pricing: $XXX
Retail Selection Consultation
Whether your shop already has a selection of chocolate or you’re just getting started, we can help you choose the right combination of bars and chocolate products to build or enhance your collection.
As part of the consultation, we’ll provide education on what to look for when buying chocolate, how chocolate is made, chocolate sustainability, and tasting tips you can pass onto your customers.
So we can best serve your shop’s specific needs, prior to the meeting, please provide via email your business goals and any general questions you’d like addressed.
Pricing: $XXX/hour - discounts available for ordering clients
In-Store Events
Exclusively for Washington State retailers, we’ll come to you to host a chocolate tasting for your customers!
Tastings are a great way to introduce new makers and bars, showcase gift ideas at the holidays, and spread the word about your shop. We’ll provide tasting notes for customers as they sample from your selection and help them pick out bars they want to take home with them.
We recommend 2-hour tastings, with 1-hour of setup time beforehand.
Pricing: $XXX + the cost of the bars
Corporate & Group Tastings
Looking for a fun team event or a special treat for your holiday party, book club, or girls’ night? You provide the location—we’ll provide the chocolate!
Ideal for smaller groups of 6 to 8 or mid-size events up to 20 people, we’ll start by giving everyone an introduction to the craft of chocolate making, followed by tips for picking out and tasting chocolate. We’ll end by sampling some of the best bean-to-bar chocolate from around the world.
If you wish, we can arrange for gift bags or self-purchasing at the end of the event.
Open to Seattle-area locations only.
Pricing: $XXX + the cost of the bars
Ongoing Coaching
Whether If you’re just starting out in the fine chocolate industry or are looking for mentorship to deepen your chocolate knowledge, an ongoing coaching and mentorship relationship may be just the thing!
Via online meetings based on your desired frequency, we’ll address your questions and curiosities, nurturing your mastery of the chocolate world based on your personal goals.
Contact us for a free initial consultation to see if this is the solution you’ve been looking for.
Pricing: $XXX per five 1-hour sessions
